WRECK OF SCOW EUNICE.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14529, 5 October 1917, Page 5

WRECK OF SCOW EUNICE.

COURT OF INQUIRY FINDING

FAULT IN STJEJfiIUNG.

CHEVY MOSTLY OF FOREIGN

BIRTH

(United Press Association.)

Wanganui, Oct. 3

The nautical inquiry into the wreck o£ the scow Eunice at Wanganm Heads was held to-day. Jfividence as to a set across the entrance wan given by Captain Holm, Hosier cf the Eunice, who attributed the mishap to the wind and the set of the sea. . >:' Captain Sproulc of Lyttelton, forreeriy master of the Eunice, gave evidence of a strong set at Wangamii. Captain Bonner corroborated. Captain Molntyi"e ? pilot, stated that no set was perceptible on the day of the mishap. There was no permanent set at the entrance. Captain Synion, of the Harbour Board tug, .aid he noticed no set on [ the day in question, and the conditions ! were tit for the Eunice to cross the bar. Wangamii, Oct. 4. | The fiadin g of the Court of ln- ' qniry into the *wreck of the Eunice, ; was that it was due to some fault in !steering which was not disclosed by eTidenee. • The following rider was added: —"The Court desires to draw the attention of tho Miniater of Marine to the fact that the master of the scow Eunice, and both mates, a-s well as four members of the crew, were by birth foreigners; and that the second mate, who was at the helm bA the time the vessel struck, is [ ua»aturalised. While there is no eviideace to Bhow that die present !oss is ■to be attributed to any of these causes, ' ibe Court deßires to express the.opinion, |in view of. the vital importance to the I community at the present time of all ships and shipping, that no British skips should be allowed to be so oflicerIcd and manned." i The master was ordered to pay £20 i towards the costs of the inquiry. His certificate was returned.